Powerful Winds Lash California, Arizona [1]

Weather.com - 4/08/13

LOS ANGELES -- Powerful winds raked much of California on Monday, toppling trees, causing scattered power outages, whipping up blinding dust storms, and sending waves crashing ashore as a vigorous spring weather system swept through the state on its way across the West.

Rising winds were reported in Arizona, where 34 miles of Interstate 40 near Winslow had to be closed to traffic.

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